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  • adjective comparative form of bony: more bony

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Examples

  • Use the larger, meatier hind shanks of the lamb the front shanks are bonier.

    Top of the World Lamb Tagine David Tanis 2011

  • I hug him and he feels a lot bonier than I remember, but Mum says he eats like a horse and has been able to take himself, by train, a few stops down the line, to the institute for the blind, so he can read to some of the permanent residents and also sing to the old ladies, who love him, of course.

    Late, Late at Night Rick Springfield 2010

  • I hug him and he feels a lot bonier than I remember, but Mum says he eats like a horse and has been able to take himself, by train, a few stops down the line, to the institute for the blind, so he can read to some of the permanent residents and also sing to the old ladies, who love him, of course.

    Late, Late at Night Rick Springfield 2010

  • I hug him and he feels a lot bonier than I remember, but Mum says he eats like a horse and has been able to take himself, by train, a few stops down the line, to the institute for the blind, so he can read to some of the permanent residents and also sing to the old ladies, who love him, of course.

    Late, Late at Night Rick Springfield 2010

  • My mom used to say there was some old wives 'tale about how if your first toe was longer, it was a sign of royalty, which is why I noticed it in the first place, comparing them side-by-side with her longer, bonier toes.

    Archive 2007-06-01 kittenpie 2007

  • My mom used to say there was some old wives 'tale about how if your first toe was longer, it was a sign of royalty, which is why I noticed it in the first place, comparing them side-by-side with her longer, bonier toes.

    Eight Things Before Breakfast kittenpie 2007

  • Suddenly models became bonier and feeble - and women started to starve themselves.

    Johann Hari: Why Have We Stopped Raging Against the Sick, Sick Fashion Industry? 2009

  • THE NEXT DAY I hied to the Fashion Show Mall on the Strip and hinted to saleswomen older and bonier than I was where exactly I was bound.

    Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

  • THE NEXT DAY I hied to the Fashion Show Mall on the Strip and hinted to saleswomen older and bonier than I was where exactly I was bound.

    Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

  • THE NEXT DAY I hied to the Fashion Show Mall on the Strip and hinted to saleswomen older and bonier than I was where exactly I was bound.

    Dancing with Werewolves Carole Nelson Douglas 2009

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